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6. Hou, hou, hou… the moon is standing on the water!

8. It looks into the deep curiously, falling to the bottom along the rocks. Water Sprite nods his head… hou, hou, hou… his old green head.

10. Who is it, that walks during the night?

11. Water Sprite, the moon rises. It is already rocking in your window; soon it will break into your silvery chamber!

13. Hou, hou, hou… the moon wanders upon the water!

14. A breeze dances along the lake. The Water Sprite awakens, little clown… Hou, hou, hou…

15. Little bubbles rise from the bottom…

16. Water Sprite is on the water!

17. Water Sprite wants to get married. Which of us does he want to foam up the water, comb the old man's hair, make the bed…

18. Which does he want to be his old lady?

20. I bring you good tidings from the forest to the lake.

21. How could there ever be sadness for such high-spirited girls?

22. Down on the bottom I have nothing but splendor, sacks of goldfish.

23. I'll flit among the reeds, extend my hand and snatch at a girl. I'll drag her by her little legs and pull her down to us!

24. Then catch us, Water Sprite!

25. Whichever one you catch, little man, will give you a nice kiss. But, ha! Your wife will pull you by your ears!

26. So catch us, then!

28. Little imps, how impetuously they race, up and down through the field. Ah, youth!

30. - Water Sprite, Daddy! - Goodness, child! Are you not drying my nets in the moonlight?

31. Water Sprite, Father, stay with me a little while until the waters foam, so that I am not sad. - Sad?

32. - I'll tell you everything. - Are you sad down below, too?

33. - So sad I can hardly breathe! - Down below, where all dance in joy? Impossible. Tell me!

34. I want to depart from you and your depths, to be human and live in the golden sun!

36. Can I believe my own ears? To be human? A mortal creature?

37. You yourself told strange stories, that they have a soul, which we do not have.

38. You said a person's soul goes to heaven, and when they perish, they turn into nothing!

39. As long as your native wave cradles you, do not wish for a soul.

40. - A soul is full of sin! - And full of love!

41. By the primeval waters, child, perhaps you are in love with a human?

43. He comes here often and runs into my embrace.

44. He slips off his clothes on the pier, and bathes in my arms.

45. But I am a naked wave, he may not behold my essence.

46. I know that first I must be human, so that when I embrace him and hold him in my arms, he would embrace and kiss me passionately!

47. Child, night after night your sisters will weep for you. There's no help for you, if a human has been able to bewitch you so!

48. Water Sprite, little man, he must behold me. Tell me, Father! What must I, such a sad creature, do?

49. Lost, lost forever, betrayed to a human!

51. It is futile to entice you down below to our happy whirling! Call Ježibaba, poor, pale Rusalka! Alas!

53. Dear little moon in the deep heavens, your light sees far. You wander around the wide world, looking into the homes of people.

54. Dear little moon, stand still a moment, and tell me, where is my beloved?

56. Tell him, silvery little moon, that my arms embrace him, so that for at least a little while, he might remember me in his dreams.

57. Give him light far away, and tell him who waits here for him!

59. If his human soul dreams of me, let this remembrance awaken him!

60. Oh, dear little moon, do not disappear!